Apple security flaw: Fix issued for iPhone and iPad, still to come for Macs

Did you get an iOS 7 update this weekend? If not, check for one. A critical security flaw could allow an attacker to access and even modify your activity on your iPhone or iPad when you’re using a shared network. Reuters reports that the problem was also found in Mac OS X, and that the company promises to release a fix “very soon.”

The SSL encryption flaw, said to be caused by a single line of code and a missing bracket, meant that digital certificates failed to be authenticated. The bug had been around for months and had not been publicly known before, according to Reuters.